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Friday, January 9, 2009

The Princeton Offense or a variation of it is being used by many NCAA teams. Pete Newell originated this offense at his stops along the way and perfected this motion game at Princeton University. His Tigers were a group of nonscholarship players at a Division I institution that ranks among the nations most prestigious academic universities.

How could his team compete with superior athletic talent? He developed an offense that was impossible to scout with built in reads based on passes and cuts. He developed a philosophy where the, "Smart could take from the strong" and this offense, predicated on shot selection and extreme patience, has evolved successfully to the shot clock era. Among those teams implementing this offense are Georgetown, Richmond, Colorado, Air Force, Oregon State, Arizona State, and Samford. Although the system varies widely from team to team, any of them still run the same basic actions.